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Fancy music props.

Girl Talk is featured on Pitchfork Media’s Guest List this week, and mentions Pittsburgh like, HUNDREDS of times. Also, he also gives props to local band, Sh*tty Mayor. Kid you not, that’s what they’re called. Thx for the hype, dude! more

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In July 2006, Pittsburgh native Josh Cippel studied abroad in China and took along one of t-shirts. Here is Josh in front of the Great Wall of China, illustrating that love for the homeland never dies. (Is that too fascist? Oh well – viva la ‘burgh!) John is now wearing his I more

Take the bus … to Beaver County

Speaking of public transit, were you aware that Beaver County was chosen as the ‘American Idol’ of public transit? For the second time in its history, the Beaver County Transit Authority won the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington, D.C.-based American Public Transportation Association. This award is considered a once-in-a-lifetime honor. According more

Updated PAT website

The Port Authority of Allegheny website has been updated and it’s soooooo much better than the old version. The trip planner appears on the first page, and you can now buy bus passes and tickets online. I like the fact that you can buy packages of 10 tickets, so you can always have some handy on your person whenever you get stuck in a pinch or you more

Article in The Economist about the ‘Burgh

Up alongside new elections in Thailand and the peace process in Burundi, the UK-based Economist magazine features a nice article about Pittsburgh. This is some nice ammunition to use when you meet some city naysayers … “Among Pittsburghers 25-34 years old … 41.9% have graduated from university, placing the city among America’s top ten. More than more

Songs to listen to on your iPod …

while walking around in the Andy Warhol Museum. Don’t ask me why, but I’m on a music kick lately! I found this fun playlist on this cute web site called “tiny mix tapes.” Someone by the handle Compulis compiled this list. IheartPGH – not only do we provide you with the quirks of this city, we also provide the soundtrack! Compiled by: Cropulis Note more

Joe Grushecky – Rock’s best-kept secret

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Music critics place him among the best rock and rollers ever. Over the past two decades, he’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for all kinds of causes, including headlining a sold-out (in 57 minutes!) “Flood Aid” benefit concert last December in Pittsburgh with his good buddy Bruce Springsteen. He’s a musician, more